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End of humanity? Blow-by-blow account of what would happen if the Yellowstone supervolcano erupted now

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par Ilan Kelman, Professor of Disasters and Health, UCL
Matthew Blackett, Reader in Physical Geography and Natural Hazards, Coventry University

Around 631,000 years ago — a geological blink of an eye — catastrophe unfolded in what is now north-western Wyoming, US. During what is thought to have been a series of immense volcanic eruptions, life within hundreds of kilometres of the blasts was shattered. Ash was dispersed across much of North America and the effects were felt worldwide. This was a super-eruption of the massive volcanic system located in what is now the Yellowstone National Park.

Despite the scale, no known human witnessed the cataclysm. As far as…

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